Lead Software Engineer Java AWS Kafa

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Hyderabad seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive secure, scalable technology in Consumer & Community Banking. You will be a core technical contributor delivering trusted market-leading products and guiding agile teams to implement robust solutions.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, cloud platforms, microservices, and strong collaboration with stakeholders to ensure quality, security, and resiliency across the software delivery lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering and 5+ years applied experience.
• Experience building microservices-based applications with Java/Springboot/Node.js.
• Cloud platforms experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and distributed systems.
• Proficient in RESTful APIs, WebSockets, JSON, and modern web tech.
• Experience with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and CI/CD.
• Experience leading AI-assisted software development tools and practices.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding, data handling, and security expectations.
• Banking domain knowledge and practical cloud-native experience.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and troubleshooting.
• Develops secure, high-quality production code and reviews code.
• Drives adoption of enterprise AI-assisted engineering practices and tooling.
• Applies SDLC tools to improve automation and value delivery.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation and improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with vendors and internal teams on architecture.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Presentation

Education

Formal training or certification in software engineering

Tools

Java

Springboot

Node.js

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

React

Angular

AWS

Azure

GCP

REST APIs

WebSockets

JSON

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible. As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or breakdown technical problems
• Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Drives team adoption of enterprise-authorized AI-assisted engineering practices within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and operational outcomes (e.g., AI-assisted code review/refactoring, test strategy acceleration, incident/root-cause analysis support), while establishing consistent validation standards (secure coding, peer review, automated testing) and promoting reuse of effective patterns across the team.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Proficiency in back-end technologies (e.g., Java, Springboot, Node.js ) with experience building microservices-based applications; for full-stack roles, proficiency also includes front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, React, Angular).
• Demonstrated ability to independently solve design and functionality challenges with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), distributed systems, and web technologies, including RESTful APIs and web services, WebSockets, and JSON.
• Hands-on experience designing and building scalable applications using SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with agile development methodologies (e.g., Scrum) and an understanding of the software development life cycle.
• Demonstrated experience leading effective use of approved AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., for coding, code review, test acceleration, troubleshooting) with the ability to set team expectations for validating AI outputs for correctness, performance, and security.
• Strong understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; experience coaching engineers on safe, compliant adoption within delivery practices
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems

• Practical cloud native experience

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong soft skills, including presentation, negotiation, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to drive broader impact by sharing and contributing best practices.
• Experience in the banking domain, AWS certification.